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1. Prior to Starting
1-1. Welcome
Congratulations! By purchasing an LTR-200HS7 LTO Video Archiving Recorder
you have entered
the world of FOR-A and its many innovative products. Thank you for your patronage and we hope
you will turn to FOR-A products again and again to satisfy your video and audio needs.
FOR-A provides a wide range of products, from basic support units to complex system controllers,
which have been increasingly joined by products for computer video based systems. Whatever
your needs, talk to your FOR-A representative. We will do our best to be of continuing service to
you.
1-2. Features
This instruction manual describes how to operate the LTR-200HS7.
The LTR-200HS7 video archiving recorder contains, in adding to an LTO drive, MPEG-2, DNxHD,
and AVC-Intra/DVCPRO codecs. By compressing HD/SD-SDI input signals into the selected
codec, it can record them on LTO tapes as MXF files. It can also play the files recorded on the LTO
tapes and output their data as HD/SD-SDI signals. It uses file input/output functions and FTP client
software to read and write the files on the LTO tapes. Furthermore, using an IBM LTFS file system,
the files recorded by this archiving system on LTO tapes can be read by other systems and the
LTO tapes can be used as media for material or program changes.
1-3. Concerning This Manual
Please read this instruction manual carefully to ensure that you use the software correctly. After
reading the manual, keep it in a safe place for future reference.
This instruction manual uses the following methods of expression.
Characters printed in bold in the text indicate screen names and characters and words that are
to be emphasized.
Ex.
: If the [Power] button is pressed, a message as shown below appears.
Characters in bold enclosed between square brackets [ ] in the text indicate the names of the
unit’s swithces or buttons.
Ex.
: [
MENU
] button, etc.
Characters contained between quotation marks in the text indicate the names of on-screen
selection items, manual chapters, or keyboard keys.
Example
: "1-3. Features," etc.
Text enclosed in double boxes consists of checkpoints or precautions.
Ex.
:
It takes about 3 minutes for the unit to be operable after its power has been turned on.
Text enclosed inside boxes formed using dotted lines consist of shortcuts or other reference
items.
Ex.
:
In recording mode, this
LTO Operations
screen can be displayed simply by pressing the
[
LTO
] button.
